# Marcos Gambus

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Venezuelan tennis player

Marcos Gambus Country (sports) Venezuela Born (1934-02-12)12 February 1934 Tucupita, Venezuela Grand Slam singles results US Open 1R (1960) Medal record Central American and Caribbean Games 1962 Kingston Men's doubles

**Marcos Gambus** (born 12 February 1934) is a Venezuelan former [tennis](/source/Tennis) player.

Born in [Tucupita](/source/Tucupita), Gambus represented Venezuela at the [1955 Pan American Games](/source/1955_Pan_American_Games) in Mexico City.

Gambus featured in three [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) ties for Venezuela during his career, between 1958 and 1960. Two of those ties were against the United States and he lost all of these rubbers in straight sets.[1] He fared better when Venezuela played against New Zealand in 1960, with a win partnering [Isaías Pimentel](/source/Isa%C3%ADas_Pimentel) in the doubles, which was preceded by a five-set singles loss to [Lew Gerrard](/source/Lew_Gerrard).[2]

In his only grand slam main draw appearance, Gambus fell in the first round of the [1960 U.S. National Championships](/source/1960_U.S._National_Championships) to [Gerald Moss](/source/Gerald_Moss).

Gambus was a men's doubles silver medalist at the [1962 Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/1962_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games), with [Juan Notz](/source/Juan_Notz) as his partner.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["America's 5-0 Tennis Win"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136938807). *[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times)*. Vol. 35, no. 9, 712. 21 September 1960. p. 24. Retrieved 17 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["New Zealand Leads"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140480682/). *[St. Louis Post-Dispatch](/source/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch)*. 23 July 1960.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe México 1926: Prólogo inaudito del atletismo cubano"](http://www.scoresportmagazine.com/noticias/juegos-centroamericanos-y-del-caribe-mexico-1926-prologo-inaudito-del-atletismo-cubano/). *Score Sport Magazine* (in Spanish). 1 December 2020.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## External links

- [Marcos Gambus](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/gg20/overview) at the [Association of Tennis Professionals](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals)

- [Marcos Gambus](https://web.archive.org/web/20250401/https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800173553) at the [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) (archived)

- [Marcos Gambus](https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/marcos-gambus/800173553/ven) at [World Tennis](/source/World_Tennis)

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